B+
Houston Texans
Nobody dealt better than the Texans this weekend: B+.
by FartWaffles ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 0 steals
· 2 reaches
The Texans ran the phones like sharks, prying loose value on deal after deal until the ledger was lopsided. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.
The running back spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The cost of the Prather reach is exactly the players who went right after him.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 30 they get a matchup problem out wide. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
They paid sticker price for Kingsley Suamataia in pick 53, and that is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Marist Liufau. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Max Melton at slot 121 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
A reach for Jaheim Bell in pick No. 127; a little patience would have been rewarded. It fills a real need, too.
They liked Kaden Prather enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 5 slot. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.